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Members of the Pennsylvania Black Caucus, environmental advocates, and Gov. Tom Wolf stand for a photo at The Discovery Center in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. (Ericka Conant/WHYY)
Environment
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sustainability

Gov. Wolf, Black Caucus announce efforts to combat environmental racism

An executive order aims to address environmental justice and help solve geographic inequities.

5 years ago

Willie Brown, president of TWU Local 234
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Politics
Transportation

SEPTA union president Willie Brown — the ‘most hated man in Philadelphia’ — has a new job

A labor agreement that averted a possible strike by SEPTA’s largest union will likely be the last helmed by TWU Local 234 President Willie Brown.

5 years ago

FILE - In this July 24, 2021, file photo, former President Donald Trump speaking to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Radio Times

The future of the Republican Party

Former President Trump continues to dominate the GOP. Where do disaffected Republicans go who are unhappy the direction of the party?

Air Date: October 29, 2021 10:00 am

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Elections
New Jersey

Here’s what early voting data may tell us about the final days of N.J.’s 2021 election

Registered Democratic voters have outpaced registered Republicans in mail-in ballot count and early in-person ballot returns.

5 years ago

Trenton City Hall
New Jersey
Public Safety

Judge orders Trenton emergency radio system to remain on

A superior court judge in Mercer County has ordered the emergency radio system for Trenton to stay on, despite the city owing the vendor more than $200,000.

5 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, speaks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Radio Times

Can the Democrats make a deal on the social spending plan?

President Biden urged Democrats to strike a deal on the social spending plan. Will they be able to come up with a compromise?

Air Date: October 28, 2021 10:00 am

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Members of the Draw the Lines initiative stand with cutouts of congressional districts at a Capitol protest
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Despite transparency vows, much of Pa.’s redistricting still takes place behind closed doors

The task of reshaping Pennsylvania's political maps falls to a small group of legislative insiders, a system that critics worry facilitates backroom deals.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg, surrounded by fall foliage
Environment
Government
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. Senate moves to block key part of Wolf’s climate plan

The action comes the same day the Democratic Attorney General, who is running for governor, tried to distance himself from the program.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks from a podium, with VP Kamala Harris in the background
Government
National

Biden unveils smaller spending framework, asks Democrats for votes

The revised package has lost some of the Democrats’ top priorities as the president’s ambitions make way for the political realities of the narrowly divided Congress.

5 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key holdout vote on President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021
National
Politics

Biden urges bill over ‘finish line’ as Dems eye new surtax

Tempers flared after a billionaires’ tax and a paid family leave program fell out of the Democrats’ sweeping bill, because Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia objected.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks into a microphone, wearing a mask and standing behind a podium.
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Philly police commissioner says morale is low

A pile-up of stressors over the last few years have caused reductions in officer retention and recruitment in Philadelphia and across the country.

5 years ago

Libby Madarasz displays a protest placard against a pipeline
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Shapiro breaks with Wolf over strategy on climate change

Wolf has worked for two years to finalize regulations to make Pa. the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy by imposing a price on emissions.

5 years ago

Donald Trump points to supporters in a crowd
Public Safety
Technology

America ‘on fire’: Facebook watched as Trump ignited hate

Documents show Facebook’s automated controls predicted with almost 90% certainty that Trump’s comments after George Floyd's murder broke rules against inciting violence.

5 years ago

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, standing with other House Democrats, talks to reporters
NPR
Income Inequality
Taxes

Senate Democrats unveil a plan for a new tax on billionaires

Democrats say the tax on billionaire assets would help pay for President Biden's social spending bill.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (left) and Jack Ciattarelli
Elections
New Jersey
Politics

Murphy, Ciattarelli make their final pitches to N.J. voters as thousands already cast ballots

It’s the final week before the Garden State decides whether to re-elect Gov. Phil Murphy or pick a new governor in former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli.

5 years ago

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